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Lexicon :: Strong's H977 - bāḥar

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בָּחַר
Transliteration
bāḥar
Pronunciation
baw-khar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 231

Strong’s Definitions

בָּחַר bâchar, baw-khar'; a primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select:—acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 172x

The KJV translates Strong's H977 in the following manner: choose (77x), chosen (77x), choice (6x), choose...out (5x), acceptable (1x), appoint (1x), excellent (1x), chosen men (1x), rather (1x), require (1x), not translated.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 172x
The KJV translates Strong's H977 in the following manner: choose (77x), chosen (77x), choice (6x), choose...out (5x), acceptable (1x), appoint (1x), excellent (1x), chosen men (1x), rather (1x), require (1x), not translated.

  1. to choose, elect, decide for

    1. (Qal) to choose

    2. (Niphal) to be chosen

    3. (Pual) to be chosen, selected

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּחַר bâchar, baw-khar'; a primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select:—acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
STRONGS H977: Abbreviations
† בָּחַר verb choose (compare Aramaic בְּחַר, Syriac bdb010310 || בחן, Assyrian bêru (√ באר :3) DlPr 76) —
Qal Perfect בָּחַר Deuteronomy 7:6 + 66 times; יִבְחַר Isaiah 41:24 + 60 times; אֶבֲחַר Job 29:25 (Baer); Imperative בְּחַר Exodus 17:9 + 5 times; Infinitive absolute בָּחוֺר 1 Samuel 2:28; Isaiah 7:15, 16; Infinitive construct suffix בָּחֳרִי Ezekiel 20:5; Participle בֹּחֵר 1 Samuel 20:30; Zechariah 3:2; passive בָּחוּר Exodus 14:7 + 18 times; —
1. with בְּ
a. divine choice, of Abraham Nehemiah 9:7; Israel Deuteronomy 7:7; Isaiah 44:1; Ezekiel 20:5; to become his people Deuteronomy 7:6; Deuteronomy 14:2; Jeshurun Isaiah 44:2; the seed of the patriarchs Deuteronomy 4:37; Deuteronomy 10:15; Levites Deuteronomy 18:5; Deuteronomy 21:5; 1 Chronicles 15:2; 2 Chronicles 29:11; Aaron Psalm 105:26; Judah 1 Chronicles 28:4 not Ephraim Psalm 78:67; Levi and Judah Jeremiah 33:24; the king Deuteronomy 17:15, especially David 1 Samuel 10:24; 1 Samuel 16:8, 9, 10; 2 Samuel 6:21; 1 Kings 8:16 (= 2 Chronicles 6:6) 1 Chronicles 28:4, 5; 1 Chronicles 29:1; 2 Chronicles 6:5; Psalm 78:70; others Numbers 16:5; Numbers 17:20 (P) Haggai 2:23; place of sacrifice Deuteronomy 12:18; Deuteronomy 14:25; Deuteronomy 16:7, 15; Deuteronomy 17:8; 2 Chronicles 7:12; the city 1 Kings 8:16, 44 (= 2 Chronicles 6:5, 34) 1 Kings 11:32; Jerusalem 2 Chronicles 6:6; Isaiah 14:1; Zechariah 1:17; Zechariah 2:16; Zechariah 3:2; Zion Psalm 132:13; delusions Isaiah 66:4.
b. man's choice, of ways Proverbs 3:31; Isaiah 66:3; good things Isaiah 7:15, 16; life Deuteronomy 30:19; gods Judges 10:14; Isaiah 41:24; God's pleasure Isaiah 56:4; Isaiah 65:12; Isaiah 66:4.
2. with אֲשֶׁר (alone, for אשׁר בחר ב׳):
a. divine choice, Israel Isaiah 41:8 יַעֲקֹב אֲשֶׁר בְּחַרְתִּיךָ, Isaiah 43:10; the people 1 Kings 3:8; Psalm 33:12; men Numbers 16:7 (P) Psalm 65:5; king 2 Samuel 16:18; 1 Kings 11:34; place of sacrifice Deuteronomy 12:14, 26; Deuteronomy 15:20; Deuteronomy 17:10; Deuteronomy 31:11 (D) Joshua 9:27 (P), especially לָשׂוּם שְׁמוֺ שָׁם Deuteronomy 12:5, 21; Deuteronomy 14:24, לְשַׁכֵּן שְׁמוֺ שָׁם Deuteronomy 12:11; Deuteronomy 14:23; Deuteronomy 16:2, 6, 11; Nehemiah 1:9; the city 1 Kings 8:48 (= 2 Chronicles 6:38), לשׂום שׁמי שׁם 1 Kings 11:36; 1 Kings 14:21 (= 2 Chronicles 12:13); Jerusalem 1 Kings 11:13; 2 Kings 21:7 (= 2 Chronicles 33:7) 2 Kings 23:27; fast Isaiah 58:5, 6; way Psalm 25:12.
b. man's choice, place to dwell in Deuteronomy 23:7; gardens Isaiah 1:29; king 1 Samuel 12:13; wives Genesis 6:2 (J); what to do 2 Samuel 15:15.
3. with accusative & לְ, choose some one or something for:
a. divine choice, of Levi 1 Samuel 2:28; Jacob Psalm 135:4; Psalm 135:5; inheritance Psalm 47:5.
b. human choice persons Exodus 17:9; Joshua 24:15, 22 (E) 1 Samuel 8:18; 1 Samuel 13:12; 2 Samuel 24:12 (= 1 Chronicles 21:20); things Genesis 13:11 (J) 1 Samuel 17:40; 1 Kings 18:23, 25; Job 34:4.
4. with accusative and מִן, choose, select from 2 Samuel 10:9 (= 1 Chronicles 19:10).
5. accusative
a. divine choice, temple 2 Chronicles 7:16; Judah Psalm 78:68; servant Isaiah 41:9; Isaiah 49:7.
b. man's choice, persons Exodus 18:28 (E) Judges 5:8; Joshua 8:3 (J) 2 Samuel 17:1; things Job 7:15; Job 9:14; Job 15:5; Job 29:25; Job 34:33; Psalm 119:30; Psalm 119:173; Proverbs 1:29; Isaiah 40:20.
6. with עַל, כי על זה בחרת מעני for this thou hast chosen rather than affliction Job 36:21; with accusative and על pregnantly כל אשׁר תבחר עלי all that thou choosest (to lay) upon me 2 Samuel 19:39.
7. with לְ of accusative 1 Samuel 20:30 (many MSS. have בְּ; but Greek Version of the LXX We Dr read חָבֵר companion). The participle בָּחוּר chosen, of a ruler Psalm 89:20, warrior Jeremiah 49:19 (= Jeremiah 50:44); as cedars Songs 5:15; collective רכב בחור chosen chariots Exodus 14:7 (E); אישׁ בחור chosen men, warriors Judges 20:15, 16, 34; 1 Samuel 24:3; 2 Chronicles 13:3, 17, for which בָּחוּר alone 1 Kings 12:21 2 Chronicles 11:1; 25:5; בחורי ישׂראל 1 Samuel 26:2; Psalm 78:31; 2 Samuel 10:9 בחורי בישׂראל (|| 1 Chronicles 19:10 בחור בישׂראל, doubtless the true reading, as 2 Samuel 6:1).
8. test, try (Aramaic = בחן) בְּחַרְתִּיךָ בְּכוּר עֹ֑נִי Isaiah 48:10 I have tested thee in the furnace of affliction Syriac Version Targum Ges Hi Ew De Che Dr, but chosen Vulgate Rab Calv AV. Niph. נִבְחַר Jeremiah 8:3; Participle נִבְחָר Proverbs 8:10 + 5 times; — to be chosen.
a. absolute chosen, choice Proverbs 8:10, 19; Proverbs 10:20.
b. construct מִן, וְנִבְחַר מות מחיים death will be chosen rather than life Jeremiah 8:3; choicer than Proverbs 16:16; Proverbs 22:1; נבחר ליהוה מזבח choicer (more acceptable) to Yahweh than peace-offering Proverbs 21:3.
Pu. יְבֻחַר chosen, selected Ecclesiastes 9:4 (יְחֻבַּר Qr).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:2; 13:11

Exodus

14:7; 14:7; 17:9; 17:9

Leviticus

1

Numbers

16:5; 16:7

Deuteronomy

4:37; 7:6; 7:6; 7:7; 10:15; 12:5; 12:11; 12:14; 12:18; 12:21; 12:26; 14:2; 14:23; 14:24; 14:25; 15:20; 16:2; 16:6; 16:7; 16:11; 16:15; 17:8; 17:10; 17:15; 18:5; 21:5; 23:7; 30:19; 31:11

Joshua

8:3; 9:27; 24:15; 24:22

Judges

5:8; 10:14; 20:15; 20:16; 20:34

1 Samuel

2:28; 8:18; 10:24; 12:13; 13:12; 16:8; 16:9; 16:10; 17:40; 20:30; 20:30; 24:3; 26:2

2 Samuel

6:1; 6:21; 10:9; 10:9; 15:15; 16:18; 17:1; 19:39; 24:12

1 Kings

3:8; 8:16; 8:16; 8:44; 8:48; 11:13; 11:32; 11:34; 11:36; 12:21; 14:21; 18:23; 18:25

2 Kings

21:7; 23:27

1 Chronicles

15:2; 19:10; 19:10; 21:20; 28:4; 28:4; 28:5; 29:1

2 Chronicles

6:5; 6:5; 6:6; 6:6; 6:34; 6:38; 7:12; 7:16; 11:1; 12:13; 13:3; 13:17; 25:5; 29:11; 33:7

Nehemiah

1:9; 9:7

Job

7:15; 9:14; 15:5; 29:25; 29:25; 34:4; 34:33; 36:21

Psalms

25:12; 33:12; 47:5; 65:5; 78:31; 78:67; 78:68; 78:70; 89:20; 105:26; 119:30; 119:173; 132:13; 135:4; 135:5

Proverbs

1:29; 3:31; 8:10; 8:10; 8:19; 10:20; 16:16; 21:3; 22:1

Ecclesiastes

9:4

Song of Songs

5:15

Isaiah

1:29; 7:15; 7:15; 7:16; 7:16; 14:1; 40:20; 41:8; 41:9; 41:24; 41:24; 43:10; 44:1; 44:2; 48:10; 49:7; 56:4; 58:5; 58:6; 65:12; 66:3; 66:4; 66:4

Jeremiah

8:3; 8:3; 33:24; 49:19; 50:44

Ezekiel

20:5; 20:5

Haggai

2:23

Zechariah

1:17; 3:2; 3:2

H977

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Strong's Number H977 matches the Hebrew בָּחַר (bāḥar),
which occurs 170 times in 162 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 6:2–1Sa 8:18)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:2 - the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:11 - So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out toward the east. The two men parted company:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:7 - He took six hundred of the best chariots, along with all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:9 - Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hands.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:25 - He chose capable men from all Israel and made them leaders of the people, officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:5 - Then he said to Korah and all his followers: “In the morning the LORD will show who belongs to him and who is holy, and he will have that person come near him. The man he chooses he will cause to come near him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:7 - and tomorrow put burning coals and incense in them before the LORD. The man the LORD chooses will be the one who is holy. You Levites have gone too far!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:5 - The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid myself of this constant grumbling against you by the Israelites.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:37 - Because he loved your ancestors and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:6 - For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:7 - The LORD did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:15 - Yet the LORD set his affection on your ancestors and loved them, and he chose you, their descendants, above all the nations—as it is today.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:5 - But you are to seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to put his Name there for his dwelling. To that place you must go;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:11 - Then to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name—there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice possessions you have vowed to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:14 - Offer them only at the place the LORD will choose in one of your tribes, and there observe everything I command you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:18 - Instead, you are to eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites from your towns—and you are to rejoice before the LORD your God in everything you put your hand to.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:21 - If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put his Name is too far away from you, you may slaughter animals from the herds and flocks the LORD has given you, as I have commanded you, and in your own towns you may eat as much of them as you want.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:26 - But take your consecrated things and whatever you have vowed to give, and go to the place the LORD will choose.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:2 - for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the LORD has chosen you to be his treasured possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:23 - Eat the tithe of your grain, new wine and olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the presence of the LORD your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name, so that you may learn to revere the LORD your God always.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:24 - But if that place is too distant and you have been blessed by the LORD your God and cannot carry your tithe (because the place where the LORD will choose to put his Name is so far away),

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:25 - then exchange your tithe for silver, and take the silver with you and go to the place the LORD your God will choose.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:20 - Each year you and your family are to eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place he will choose.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:2 - Sacrifice as the Passover to the LORD your God an animal from your flock or herd at the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for his Name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:6 - except in the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name. There you must sacrifice the Passover in the evening, when the sun goes down, on the anniversary[fn] of your departure from Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:7 - Roast it and eat it at the place the LORD your God will choose. Then in the morning return to your tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11 - And rejoice before the LORD your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites in your towns, and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows living among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:15 - For seven days celebrate the festival to the LORD your God at the place the LORD will choose. For the LORD your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy will be complete.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:16 - Three times a year all your men must appear before the LORD your God at the place he will choose: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks and the Festival of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:8 - If cases come before your courts that are too difficult for you to judge—whether bloodshed, lawsuits or assaults—take them to the place the LORD your God will choose.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:10 - You must act according to the decisions they give you at the place the LORD will choose. Be careful to do everything they instruct you to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:15 - be sure to appoint over you a king the LORD your God chooses. He must be from among your fellow Israelites. Do not place a foreigner over you, one who is not an Israelite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:5 - for the LORD your God has chosen them and their descendants out of all your tribes to stand and minister in the LORD’s name always.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:6 - If a Levite moves from one of your towns anywhere in Israel where he is living, and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:5 - The Levitical priests shall step forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to minister and to pronounce blessings in the name of the LORD and to decide all cases of dispute and assault.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:16 - Let them live among you wherever they like and in whatever town they choose. Do not oppress them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:2 - take some of the firstfruits of all that you produce from the soil of the land the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:19 - This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:11 - when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God at the place he will choose, you shall read this law before them in their hearing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:3 - So Joshua and the whole army moved out to attack Ai. He chose thirty thousand of his best fighting men and sent them out at night

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:27 - That day he made the Gibeonites woodcutters and water carriers for the assembly, to provide for the needs of the altar of the LORD at the place the LORD would choose. And that is what they are to this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:15 - But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:22 - Then Joshua said, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “Yes, we are witnesses,” they replied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:8 - God chose new leaders when war came to the city gates, but not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:14 - Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you when you are in trouble!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:15 - At once the Benjamites mobilized twenty-six thousand swordsmen from their towns, in addition to seven hundred able young men from those living in Gibeah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:16 - Among all these soldiers there were seven hundred select troops who were left-handed, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:34 - Then ten thousand of Israel’s able young men made a frontal attack on Gibeah. The fighting was so heavy that the Benjamites did not realize how near disaster was.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:28 - I chose your ancestor out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in my presence. I also gave your ancestor’s family all the food offerings presented by the Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:18 - When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you in that day.”

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